Widow’s Bay 5-7: Tripping through history

Episode 5 of Widow’s Bay, “What to Expect on Your Trip,” felt like a transition episode, as the horror-comedy series began its full transformation into an ongoing mystery series. I didn’t have much of interest to say about it afterwards, apart from a detail that I hadn’t noticed, but which was pointed out in a high-energy YouTube recap: the scene of Tom pressing his face against the car windows was reminiscent of scenes with the T-Rex in Jurassic Park. As it turns out, though, it just needed to wait a week to put the episode in its proper context, since episodes 5 through 7 are a perfect matched set. First, we get the introduction of the mushrooms that grow only on the island, with the revelation that consuming them opens your “third eye” and invites communication with whatever evil entity is lurking within Widow’s Bay. The episode mostly consists of Tom going through an involuntary trip that lasts the entire day, which we only see through brief flashes separated by blackouts. Because…